Boardwalk Empire Season 2 Trailer

Sneak Peek: Season 2 Of Boardwalk Empire

The eerie 90-second vignette features Steve Buscemi’s Nucky Thompson strolling down the Atlantic City boardwalk as hordes of people clamour to get his attention.

If the newly released season 2 trailer for HBO’s acclaimed, Emmy-nominated drama Boardwalk Empire is any indication, paranoia will be the name of the game when the show premieres on September 25th. The eerie 90-second vignette features Steve Buscemi’s Nucky Thompson strolling down the Atlantic City boardwalk as hordes of people clamor to get his attention. As he busts through the fedora-clad bloodsuckers, Nucky lays eyes on every major player in his life, both friend and foe. Instead of offering him respite from the masses, the likes of Michael Kenneth Williams’ Chalky White, Shea Whigham’s Elias "Eli" Thompson and Michael Pitt’s Jimmy Darmody glare at him ominously, as if they know something he doesn’t.

If you remember, the first season ended with Thompson and Darmody, along with Dabney Coleman’s Commodore, plotting to seize Atlantic City from Nucky’s iron grip. This tantalizing promo implies that more may be involved in the conspiracy to overthrow Nucky than meets the eye. The only respite may be from his stunning Irish concubine, Kelly Macdonald’s Margaret Schroeder, who’s there to greet him at the end of the boardwalk, looking noticeably concerned.

Thankfully, the whole sequence is a dream, but when Nucky wakes up, he’s met with a mysterious whisper: “Nucky.” Who does the whisper belong to? And is Nucky in as much danger as this teaser leads us to believe? Watch the video and weigh in below.